Game of Thrones actor Joseph Gatt has appeared in court after being charged with having sexually explicit conversations online with a minor.
The 51-year-old actor was in court in Los Angeles on Monday (December 4) with his long-time girlfriend, actress Mercy Malick, and is set to face a preliminary court hearing in his case on 18 December which was ordered by LA Superior Court Judge Kim Nguyen.
Joseph, who is free on $5,000 bail, was arrested in April 2022 by police who showed up at his home with a search warrant.
LAPD's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force first started looking into the actor after a tip about his alleged online activities and the star was charged with "contact with a minor for sexual offence" and felony possession of an assault weapon.
He pleaded not guilty to both charges at the time and was released on his $5,000 bail — but was banned from unsupervised time with minors, possessing pornography and using social media except for work purposes.
Joseph took to X to deny the allegations against him, writing: "I obviously want to address the absolutely horrifying and completely untrue allegations recently levelled against me". "They are 100 per cent categorically wrong and reckless. I have confirmed errors and misleading information in today's press release," he continued. "I am fully cooperating with police and LAPD to get to the bottom of this and I look forward to clearing my good name."
"Thank you to all of my friends and supporters who know that this is untrue and understand for legal reasons I cannot comment further on social media."
Joseph played Thenn Warg on Game of Thrones and played The Albino on the Banshee show and had a part in Teen Wolf, while his movie credits include Thor.